Hi Vicky. No i dont have a start date yet. But im guessing around 3rd October due to the BBSRC studentship starting on 1st. What department are you going to be in? Do you have any where to live yet, im finding it a little difficult getting digs?

Im in the infectious dieases department, I live in SW London so Im going to commute, at least to start with.

Cool. Im in the same department (bacteriology) Im moving from Portsmouth!!! I guess i will see you there then:)

Excited? Okay I've resisted this for three days now... but can no more!

WWWHHHHHEEEEEEEEE!!!!! YIPPEEEE YIP WOOOFFF "£$%'*!!!*&%$@@! {repeat in circles}

How's that for excited? Have been scaring myself silly digging out all the papers to do with my new subject, but can't wait to get stuck in all the same. Good luck to us all!!

I'm excited too, been waiting all summer and it's slowly getting closer!

Hey DanB!!
I'm going to Nottingham too!!!
Gonna be in Mechanical Engineering Department.

I am also excited but scard too. I am going to southampton chemistry department

I'm getting excited now too. Start at the beginning of Oct so guess I should meybe start to read up on some journals but I don't know where to start! To those who are stating in the next few weeks, let us know how you get on!

Jo x

Were we in the same interview day? Good luck with finding digs, see you soon ;-)

yeh i am still scared. I am sure u'll all be fine. I'm goin back to the dept i did undergrad in, so I am scared that I will not do as well as they expect me to. But they;ve employed me over the summer and its all stuff to do with the phd so hopefully it should be ok ... agrhhhhhhhhhhh

Reena - I'm in the same boat, doing my PhD in the same dept as my undergrad an am worried I might let them down. Guess we'll jsut have to see how things go

Vicky, i came for interview at a different time to most of the other students (couldnt get the time off work!!). Im heading up to Potters Bar at the weekend to sort out some digs.
Take care and i'll hopefully see you on the 4th/5th at induction